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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium (“power, command”), from imper? (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + par? (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Doublet of empery and empire.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p???i.?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?p??i.?m/

Noun

imperium (countable and uncountable, plural imperia or imperiums)

1. Supreme power; dominion.
2. The right to command the force of the state; sovereignty.

Translations

Danish

Alternative forms

• imperie

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /em?pe???i?m/

Noun

imperium n (singular definite imperiet, plural indefinite imperier)

1. empire

References

• “imperium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?pe?.ri.?m/
• Hyphenation: im?pe?ri?um

Noun

imperium n (plural imperia, diminutive imperiumpje n)

1. empire

   Synonyms: keizerrijk, rijk

2. business empire

Related terms

• imperiaal

Latin

Alternative forms

• inperium

Etymology

From imper? (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + par? (“prepare, arrange; intend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im?pe.ri.um/, [?m?p??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im?pe.ri.um/, [im?p???ium]

Noun

imperium n (genitive imperi? or imper?); second declension

1. The empire, state, imperial government, realm, dominion.
2. The right or power to command or be in control; dominion.
3. Absolute command over the empire (or other polity); sovereignty; sway.

   Synonym: dici?

4. (military) Military authority, the command (of an army).
5. The exercise of authority, rule, law, control, sovereignty.

   Synonyms: dici?, praescr?ptum, r?gula

6. A command, order, direction, bidding.

   Synonyms: ?dicti?, ?dictum, praeceptum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• imperium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• imperium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imperium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• imperium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• imperium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imperium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Noun

imperium n (definite singular imperiet, indefinite plural imperier, definite plural imperia or imperiene)

1. an empire

References

• “imperium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im?pe?ri?m/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

imperium n (definite singular imperiet, indefinite plural imperium, definite plural imperia)

1. empire

References

• “imperium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium, used in Swedish since 1845.

Noun

imperium n

1. an empire (a state ruled by an emperor or czar)

   Synonyms: kejsardöme, kejsarrike, rike, stormaktsvälde

2. an empire (a huge state or similar sphere of power)

Declension

Related terms

References

• imperium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• imperium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology

From Middle English empire, from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”). Doublet of empery and imperium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?m?p??, ?m?p?-?, IPA^(key): /??mpa??/, /??mpa?.?/
• (General American) enPR: ?m?p?r', ?m?p?'?r, IPA^(key): /??m?pa??/, /??m?pa??/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)
• Hyphenation: em?pire

Noun

empire (plural empires)

1. A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.

2. A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

3. A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
4. An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
   • 2002, Evelyn L. Damore, The Rattle and Hiss of the Tin Gods, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 111:

     “Revenues for Jackson's non-profit empire sky-rocketed from $4 million in 1997, to more than $14 million just two years later.”

   • 2009, Martin Short, The Rise of the Mafia, Kings Road Publishing (?ISBN)

     The Mafia never forgave Castro but Lansky had already laid the foundations of a mob gambling empire all over the Caribbean […]

5. (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
   • 1881, François Guizot, The History of Civilization from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution..., page 122:

     The brutality, the unthinking, the unreflecting character of the barbarians were so great, that the new faith, the new feelings with which they had been inspired, exercised but a very slight empire over them.

   • 2010, Stefania Tutino, Empire of Souls: Robert Bellarmine and the Christian Commonwealth, Oxford University Press (?ISBN), page 270:

     […] could gain some political strength for the pope, but in so doing the pope would lose the uniqueness and supremacy of his empire over souls: […]

Derived terms

Related terms

• emperor
• empress
• imperator
• imperatrix
• imperial
• imperially
• imperium
• imperate
• imperation

Translations

Further reading

• empire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• empire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• empire at OneLook Dictionary Search

Adjective

empire (not comparable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Empire.

Anagrams

• E-Prime, epimer, permie, premie

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?empire/, [?e?mpire?]
• Rhymes: -empire
• Syllabification: em?pi?re

Noun

empire

1. (architecture) Empire style

Declension

French

Etymology 1

From Old French, from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pi?/

Noun

empire m (plural empires)

1. empire
2. influence, authority, dominion

Derived terms

• Empire byzantin
• Empire du Milieu
• Empire ottoman
• Empire romain
• Saint-Empire romain germanique

Related terms

• empereur
• impératrice
• imperial

Descendants

• Russian: ?????? (ampír)

Etymology 2

Verb

empire

1. first-person singular present indicative of empirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of empirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of empirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of empirer
5. second-person singular imperative of empirer

Further reading

• “empire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• périmé, primée

Italian

Alternative forms

• empiere

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *impl?re, present active infinitive of *impli?, from Latin imple?.

Verb

empìre (first-person singular present émpio, first-person singular past historic empìi or (less common) empiéi, past participle empìto or (less common) empiùto, auxiliary avere) (transitive)

1. (uncommon, literally) to fill [+ di (object) = with]
2. (figuratively) to fill, to stuff [+ di (object) = with]

3. (archaic or literary) to satisfy, to satiate

Conjugation

Synonyms

• riempire

Related terms

• pieno

Anagrams

• permei
• premei

Middle English

Alternative forms

• empyre, enpyre, empyere, empere, empeyr, empir, enpir, ampyre

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”). Doublet of emperie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?pi?r(?)/, /?m?p??r(?)/, /??mpi?r(?)/, /am-/

Noun

empire

1. Emperorship; the office, power or title of emperor.
2. An empire; the domain of an emperor or empress.
3. (rare) Total power or influence, especially when wielded by gods.
4. (rare) A region of control; a field or zone.
5. (rare, Christianity) God's kingdom in the heavens.

Descendants

• English: empire
• Scots: empire

References

• “emp?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-24.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /em?pi.r?/, (late) /am?pi.r?/

Noun

empire m (oblique plural empires, nominative singular empires, nominative plural empire)

1. empire

Descendants

• Middle English: empire
  • English: empire
• French: empire